Postcard
Kolkata-based poet Mallika Bhaumik writes a summer pastoral, revelling in the lyricism of jasmines, letters, fireflies, rice, and sunlight
The Liftman
"Tucked into one corner of the small lift, he leaned against the back wall and diligently pressed the buttons all day." A short story set in Kolkata, India about a schoolgirl's growing awareness of a service worker